Athens Vacations and Tourism

Athens is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica periphery of Southern Greece. Named after the goddess Athena, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years. Today, the Greek capital is Europe's 8th largest conurbation , a bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 5 million people. The Athens metropolitan area is the centre of economic, financial, industrial, cultural and political life in Greece. The city is also rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. Athens has been a popular destination for travellers since antiquity. Over the past decade, the infrastructure and social amenities of Athens have been radically improved, in part due to the city's successful bid to stage the 2004 Olympic Games. The Greek Government, aided by the EU, has funded money into major infrastructure projects such as the new, state-of-the-art "Eleftherios Venizelos" International Airport,the massive expansion of the Athens Metro system, and the new Attiki Odos motorway. These infrastructure projects have helped make the quality of life better for the people of Athens, and to ease overall traffic and pollution problems for the city. The city is currently the 6th most visited capital in Europe.

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